Miscellaneous

• Cement Truck Crashes into Chinatown Retail Store, 8 Injured

  Paul Napoli | November 12, 2009 4:02 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  November 12, 2009 Around 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, a cement truck crashed into a wireless retail store at 145 Canal Street in Chinatown, injuring eight people. The accident occurred shortly...

• Toyota Locked in Intellectual Property Litigation Over Prius

  Gary Shipman | November 12, 2009 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  The International Trade Commission is the setting for a classic David vs. Goliath contest between Bonita Springs, Florida based Paice, LLC and Toyota over a patent related to a key component of...

• Hit-and-run Driver Faces Manslaughter Charges in Death of Disabled Man

  Rick Patterson | November 12, 2009 10:06 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  A driver who hit a disabled man in Santa Ana will be facing vehicular manslaughter charges now that the victim has died. Police said Fred Dole had helped a neighbor put up lights on Halloween at...

• Veteran's Day - Inauspicious Origins

  Joe Crumley | November 11, 2009 10:38 PM | 1 CommentSt. Cloud, MN

  In the closing hours of World War I, Marshall Foch, the French Commander of Allied forces, ordered troops under his command to continue their attacks despite the Armistice that had been signed...

• How to Win Every Case - Lessons from High School Soccer

  Joe Crumley | November 11, 2009 7:17 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Minnesota just held the high school soccer championship. My daughter's school, Wayzata, has a very talented bubble of players graduating. There was so much talent that most of the girls,...

• Bishops and Thugs: How the Catholic Church is Shaping Health Care Legislation

  Paul Kiesel | November 11, 2009 7:07 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA

  From MSNBC: WASHINGTON - Catholic bishops have emerged as a formidable force in the health care overhaul fight, using their clout with millions of Catholics and working behind the scenes in...

• Napoli Bern Ripka LLP Continues to Investigate The Suitability of Non-Listed REITS

  Adam Gana | November 11, 2009 2:33 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Real Estate Investment Trusts (‘REITs’) are corporations that invest primarily in real estate, receive special tax designations and distribute 90% of their income to its shareholders....

• Judges Questioned when Two Young Men were Sentenced to Life in Jail with out Parole

  James Moore | November 11, 2009 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the cases of two young men who have been sentenced to life in jail with out parole. This was agreed on to see if there sentence hinders their rights to the 8th...

• International Paper Killing Jobs in Franklin, Virginia (VA)

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | November 11, 2009 11:21 AM | 5 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  In today's tough economic times, no one can really be certain about keeping their jobs. This truth hit the people of Franklin, Virginia (VA) very hard, when they learned that a local paper mill was...

• LAT: Headed to the Emergency Room? Bring a book...

  Paul Kiesel | November 10, 2009 7:13 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  From the Los Angeles Times: The stereotype of hospital emergency rooms crowded with patients waiting endlessly to be seen by a doctor is true, according to a new study in Tuesday's edition of...